In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

Trump proposes a 10% cap on credit card interest rates
Trump targets Wall Street firms buying single-family homes
Government plan to buy a large amount of mortgage bonds to push mortgage rates down
Defense budget could jump to $1.5 trillion
MSCI keeps Bitcoin-holding companies in its indexes (for now)
Morgan Stanley moves into Bitcoin: ETF, trading and wallet plans

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References mentioned in the episode:

Trump Bans Institutional Investors from Housing
Trump Announcement on Institutional Housing Ban
Trump's Ban on Corporate Homebuying Blindsides Wall St.
Trump Proposes to Raise Defense Spending by $500B
Trump Instructs $200B of Mortgage Bond Buying
Lyn Alden's Tweet In Response to Defense Spending
Trump's Defense Spending Plan Could Raise Deficit
Trump Restricts Defense Companies from Stock Buybacks
Trump's Announcement on Defense Sector Restrictions
Trump Instructs Freddie and Fannie to Buy Bonds
Trump's $200B MBS Order Asserts Power Over Market
Erik Vorhees's Tweet on Credit Card Interest Cap
Trump's Announcement on Credit Card Interest Cap
Ackman: Trump's Credit Card Cap is a "Mistake"
MSCI Decides Not to Exclude DATs from Indexes
MSCI's Announcement on Bitcoin Treasury Companies
Nate Geraci's Tweet on Morgan Stanley ETF
Matt Hougan's Tweet on Morgan Stanley ETF
Morgan Stanley Plans to Launch Crypto Wallet
Morgan Stanley Files to Launch Spot Bitcoin ETF

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News Block: Trump Targets Credit Cards & Housing Affordability, Morgan Stanley Enters Bitcoin, MSCI's DAT Update

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell